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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| Don't crumple, deface or step on the money in Thailand, either. It's got the king's face on it and is illegal. |
Did that in a bar. Wind blew it out of my hand. Stepped on it. Realized what I had done. Then quietly picked it up whilst no one noticed. I was also surrounded by hookers and drug dealers at the time. But phew, wouldn't want to do anything illegal there. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| khyber wrote: |
| I'm all for free speech but I'm also for using your brain when you are a tourist. |
Or when you are a foreign resident working....eh khyber? |
I was thinking that exact same thing.
Personally, I thnk the punishment is too harsh.
A year would fit better in my opinion. |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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That's right. I went there. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
That's right. I went there. |
Does someone have too much time on his hands?? Still, you're dead right. 10 years for grafitti is outrageous, and I hope there's some serious repercussions for Thailand as a result.
Thailand's the only country I've been in where you have to stand up in a cinema, before the movie, while the national anthem is accompanied by pictures of the king. I got to see him gracing his loyal subjects with a motorcade. The Thais take it pretty seriously. Lots of wai-ing going on. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder what the king himself thinks about this crime and sentence. If he's at all cool he would agree 10 years is just not right. I wonder if he could change the sentence? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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How much time would the average American military veteran think a hippie should get for burning an American flag? How much time would a Jewish Canadian think a neo-nazi punk should get in jail for spray painting a swastika on a Jewish tomb stone?
Last year congress was trying to pass yet another flag burning amendment. What would the legal penalties have been for that?
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| `The Congress and the States shall have power to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act.'. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| I wonder what the king himself thinks about this crime and sentence. If he's at all cool he would agree 10 years is just not right. I wonder if he could change the sentence? |
Yesterday's IHT says that the king thinks the lese majeste laws are to strict. The article cites a 2005 speech, where the king says he shouldn't be immune from criticism, and he wouldn't allow anyone to go to jail for criticising him. "If they get sent to prison, I pardon them". |
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peppero
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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I can verify this. The King pardoned him, and he got deported back to Switzerland.
As someone who's lived in Thailand some time back, I can vouch for the King being a nice guy. Whatever else other people may say, he's not the cause of problems in the country. Without his leadership, Thailand would be going to hell in a handbasket. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| ...the Thai King looks like a dork and his photography really isn't all that impressive. |
That statement, if you lived in Thailand, could get you thrown in jail. That's just crazy!  |
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